Hey Pat, I’ll be the first to say I’m not particularly good in the grand scheme of the FGC. I’m beyond flailing but get caught up in the all too common “I would like to play the game now” to my detriment. I have a particularly difficult time IADing or…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Patrick, Really appreciate all the work you do. I’m primarily a KOF player and I have a problem. Yashiro’s 214P is his main combo starter from lights…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] These days I think a lot about how absolutely ridiculous fighting games are, and the fact that people are willing to devote themselves to playing them is…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] “Neutral” in fighting games is the state where both players are capable of moving and hitting. Since both players are capable of using their full moveset in…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] The best damn advice column in fighting games is back for 2023, and we’re kicking it off with some updates from previous write-ins. Coincidentally, both of them…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] It’s been one hell of a year for me and fighting games, so I figured I’d do a proper 2022 wrapup/2023 kickoff post to digest it all…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hi Pat, Over the past year or so I’ve been in the process of helping a group of friends get into fighting games. It’s been really cool…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hey Pat! I’ve been playing fighting games for quite a while now, but only in the past 2 years have I really made an effort to deliberately…

[This essay was funded by my generous Patreon supporters. If you liked this and want to see more, please consider joining the crew!] Hi Pat! Happy for you and Xrd, it’s been a long time coming. I’ve recently picked up Tekken 7 because it was on sale, and I’ve always…